1971 Chevrolet Chevelle Concours Estate

402 V8.

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Those wheels & tires sure look good on that car!

 

Very rare indeed. You rarely see an Estate wagon.

I wonder if it has the optional 3rd seat? I think it was even more rare.

 

Big money for a car that the sellers says needs a good body man.

 

Also VERY rare!

 

It occurs to me that most people born after about 1985 with any interest in cars must have deduced from ads, car shows, and cruise-ins that the mid-sized Chevrolet from 1964 through 1977 was called the Chevelle SS and came with a standard big-block V8. This car sports the very rare stripe delete and cowl induction delete options.

The first SS "clone" or "tribute" (whichever you prefer) treatment on a wagon was -- perhaps -- clever and innovative. The 50th -- not so much.

 

Now for sale on craigslist in Ohio too...

http://chillicothe.craigslist.org/cto/4786236260.html

 

Total B.S.......

You couldn't get a 402 BB in a Chevelle wagon in '71. as far as I know. 400 small-block, maybe.

 

Not sure about 1971, but in 1972, the Chevy wagon sales brochure shows the "Turbo-Jet 400" optional on the Malibu wagons... I think this engine was considered the big-block 400, aka 402.

 

Krash,

Are you sure about that? I am no Chevy expert by any stretch, but I know that in the Buick/Olds/Pontiac versions you could get the standard 250 I-5 all the way up to the 455 4bbl. My 71 Lemans Wagon came with a 455 4bbl Pontiac the same engine that was available on the Big Pontiac's.

But like I said I do not know for sure about the Mid Size Chevy Wagons. I know the 396/402 was available in the Chevelle SS's those years.

 

Yeah as I posted in the photo above, my car has a 402 and is referred to as the "Turbo-Jet 400" and it looks like it is also available in the Malibu wagon. Funny thing though is that the "Turbo-Jet 454" in the big wagon had less HP than the TJ 400 in the Malibu.

 

Turbo-Fire refers to the SBC, Turbo-Jet refers to the BBC. If the 454 is less HP than the 400, it probably has a 2 barrel carburetor on it, and the 400 would have a hotter cam and a 4 barrel. I worked for Chevrolet dealers back in the day. It was fairly rare, but you could get a BBC with a 2 barrel.

 

The 402 was most definitely available in all non-SS Chevelle models beginning in 1970, including wagons. Here is a copy of a GM memo from 1969 stating that fact:



The non-SS big block Chevelles are fairly rare. Here is a 70 convertible that was featured in Hemmings Muscle Machines:

http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2010/12/01/hmn_feature1.html

 

Glad to be proven wrong on this one.........

 

Krash,

I own this car, numbers on the engine match VIN it is a CLB suffix block.

The price was my I don't care to sell price because at the time I didn't care to let it go. I say it needs a good body guy because it does have a few rust spots in the normal spots for a wagon of that era.